diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 6e0d8f4d270e..c5728f3aa46f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -4027,8 +4027,8 @@ static int perf_sched__schedstat_record(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	else
 		fprintf(stderr, "[ perf sched stats: Failed !! ]\n");
 
+	perf_session__delete(session);
 	evlist__put(evlist);
-	close(fd);
 	return err;
 }